The three women – Gina DeJesus, 23, Michelle Knight, 32, and Amanda Berry, 27 – had disappeared in separate instances between 2002 and 2004 and were held captive in the shanty home, unknown to even Castro's closest neighbours.

DNA evidence confirmed the girl, Berry's daughter, was fathered by Castro while Berry was his captor.

The women were finally freed on May 6 when Berry managed to escape the home with the help of a neighbour and called police. Emergency crews rushed to the scene and found the other captors, terrified and suffering.

Earlier this month, the three women released a video statement thanking the public for their support and expressing their conviction to return to regular lives.

After 10 years of being held captive in a home, raped and beating at the whim of their captor, however, their journey to normalcy will be a long one.

The three women lost years of their lives and will spend the rest of their time on earth trying to forget what happened to them.

Castro will spend the next 1,000 years in a prison with no chance of parole. One only hopes he lives long enough to suffer through every one of those years.

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